Monk's Ki usage with flurry of blows

[w01fe01]

Wondering what you all think of being able to do this

spend 1 or 2 ki, turning your next flurry of blows attack into a standard action rather then a full action.

obviously i dislike always having to commit a full round action to do my full damage, I think this would give the monk some more flexibility without overpowering them

[Dabbler]

Would certainly enable the monk to be able to combine their two strongest class features into something actually synergistic.

[w01fe01]

ya trying really hard not to let it just be something overpowered. This i think would give the monk a a nice option to use. but obviously dont want to use it too much since you only have so many ki points a day.

[Vindicator]

Set the ki point cost high. At 4th level, and average monk would have 4 to 6 ki points. If your full round flurry as a standard action cost 2 ki points, it wouldn't feel very over powered.

[gnomersy]

I'd probably set it to 1 point but make it a pounce rather than a standard. This means that you have the potential to flurry with movement but that if you want to do so in terrain you'll be investing in supporting feats. This provides limitations to the power to prevent it from feeling overpowered while keeping it cheap enough that it won't be odd to see and since it's limited by ki points it wouldn't be unreasonable for the monk to get it pre 9 unlike the barbarian.

[w01fe01]

gnomersy wrote:

I'd probably set it to 1 point but make it a pounce rather than a standard. This means that you have the potential to flurry with movement but that if you want to do so in terrain you'll be investing in supporting feats. This provides limitations to the power to prevent it from feeling overpowered while keeping it cheap enough that it won't be odd to see and since it's limited by ki points it wouldn't be unreasonable for the monk to get it pre 9 unlike the barbarian.

this could make sense. i dislike the idea of making it cost a lot since ki points are needed for a lot of things. and this would mesh well with the idea for mobility and give monks a clearer direction